中英惯用短语:
  • v.  他们把他吓得交了钥匙.   They scared him into handing over the keys
  •   他们拒不承认对方提的事.   They denied the claim protestingly
  • n.  他们拿不那些指控的依据来.   They couldn't make the charges stick, ie prove that they were true
  • v.  他们指他的计划有风险, 劝他放弃.   They expostulated with him about the risks involved in his plan
  • v.  他们按小时出租小船.   They hire out boats by the hour
  • v.  他们提给她晋级来劝说她(留下).   with offers of promotion
  • adj.  他们提要求时声嘶力竭的.   strident in their demands
  • adj.  他们明确地说了离开的原因.   They gave explicit reasons for leaving
  • n.  他们未能做决定, 这使她进退无门.   Their failure to come to a decision put her in an impossible position
  • n.  他们正在敦促我们迅速作决定.   They are pressing us to make a quick decision
  • n.  他们正在环球旅行. A trip and (more formal) an excursion are short journeys and visits from and returning to a particular place. *trip和(较文雅的)excursion是指短期的旅程和观光, 从某地发再回到该地. Excursion suggests a group of people travelling together *excursion指一起行的一群人   They're going on a world tour.
  • n.  他们正推一个介绍酿酒方法的节目.   on wine-making
  • n.  他们每售一本获利十便士.   They make a profit of ten pence on every copy they sell
  • v.  他们气得拒不接受对方提的妥协建议.   Out of pique they refused to accept the compromise offered
  • v.  他们漫步走去, 消失在黑暗中.   They wandered out into the darkness
  • v.  他们然後(对我们全体)宣布所作的决定.   what had been decided